Build A Red Hat OpenShift On IBM Z Environment

How to build your complete
Red Hat OpenShift

environment on IBM Z
Wilhelm Mild
IBM Executive IT Architect
IBM R & D Lab Germany
2020 IBM Systems TechU

April 30, 2020
2020 TechU Talks
Thursday 11:00 AM EDT April 30, 2020
How to Build Your Complete Red Hat OpenShift Environment on IBM Z
Panelists:
• Wilhelm Mild, IBM Executive IT Architect, Integration Architectures for Container,
Mobile on IBM Z and LinuxONE - IBM Systems
• Elton DeSouza, Chief Architect, Cloud Native Client Success on z at IBM, IBM Systems
• Kavita Sehgal, Program Director for Hybrid Cloud on IBM Z & LinuxONE Lead, IBM
Systems
• Narjisse Zaki, Linux on Z & LinuxONE Architect - IBM Systems
• Brett Webb, Program Director for LinuxONE WW Sales Enablement - IBM Systems
Q&A can be in English, Spanish, French and German

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Agenda
➢ What is Red Hat OpenShift

➢ Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Z and LinuxONE Overview
➢ Planning for an environment on IBM Z & LinuxONE
➢ The IBM Cloud Paks
➢ Installation & setup guidance
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Open Hybrid Cloud is the future
IBM® Hybrid Multicloud Strategy
Services Advise Move Build Manage
Certified
Offerings Multicloud
Automation Applications
Data Integration
Management
Cloud Paks
Foundation
Common Services
Open Hybrid Mesh/Serverless/Tekton/…
Multicloud
Red Hat OpenShift RHEL/CoreOS
Platform
IBM Z® AWS™
Infrastructure IBM LinuxONE™ IBM Pow er Systems ™ Azure™
IBM cloud™
Google Cloud™
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Red Hat OpenShift is a leader in The Forrester New Wave™:
Enterprise Container Platform Software Suites
Reference quotes from the analyst report
“OpenShift supports both public cloud

and on-premises environments in a
dynamic and automated fashion.”
“Red Hat has great synergy across its

product ecosystem.”
Analysts Link
Forrester Red Hat OpenShift analyst reports
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What is Red Hat OpenShift about
- An enterprise Kubernetes platform for container workloads
- Enables seamless Kubernetes deployments on any cloud

or on-premises environments
- Integrated and automated installation,

from infrastructure to OS and application services
- Seamless platform and application updates
- Auto-scaling of resources and services
- Ability to run enterprise workloads with enterprise CI/CD services,

across multiple deployments
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Kubernetes (K8S) – defines itself in a cluster format
K8S cluster
Kubernetes Master
Kubernetes Master
Kubernetes Master
Worker 1 Worker 2 Worker 3
container1 container2 container1 container2 container1 container3
Container Pod Container Pod Container Pod
➢ Kubernetes orchestrates Containers; it is not running them

➢ Smallest entity is a pod, which can contain one or more containers 7
Kubernetes APIs are used in all orchestration products
(e.g. Red Hat OpenShift, Cloud Foundry, Rancher, IBM Cloud Private)
Differentiator: Toolset and components
Image and
Infrastructure Development Application
Registry …
Support support Catalog
Management
Kubernetes Core Functions
container engine
container runtime
Namespace Namespace
container container container

POD POD
Host kernel
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Red Hat OpenShift V4 Overview
Best IT ops experience Best developer experience
CaaS↔PaaS | Faas
Application services
Cluster services middleware, functions, ISV Developer services
monitoring, showback, dev tools, automated
registry, logging Service mesh builds, CI/CD, IDE
Automated operations certified
Enterprise Linux CoreOS

Physical Virtual Private Public 9
Red Hat OpenShift Container change – Docker
Container availability on IBM Z
Red Hat headed towards a world without Docker Docker podman
• cri-o is only one component (the Kubernetes CRI Red Hat RHEL 7.5 1.13 0.9.2
runtime) of OpenShift RHEL 7.6 1.13 1.4.4

RHEL 7.7 1.13 1.4.4
• RHEL will not deliver a Docker engine anymore RHEL 8 - 1.0.0.2
• Red Hat replaced it with: RHEL 8.1 - 1.4.2
– podman (Docker client compatible CLI) Docker podman

SUSE SLES15 17.09 -
– skopeo (registry)
SLES15 SP1 18.09.1 1.0.1
– buildah (Docker build)
Docker podman
16.04 LTS 18.09.7 -

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 18.09.7 -
20.04 LTS 18.03.8 -
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Red Hat OpenShift Version 4 evolution
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Introduction to RHEL CoreOS (RHCOS)
Immutable container host based on RHEL 8

• CoreOS is tested and shipped in conjunction
with the Red Hat OpenShift platform
• Immutable – can not be changed & no ssh
and tightly integrated with Red Hat OpenShift
• Self-managing, over-the-air updates,
appliance model – like a container
• Host isolation is enforced via Containers and
Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux)
CoreOS is operated as part of the cluster with

config for components managed by operators.
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30. April 2020 NEW
Red Hat OpenShift v4.3 for IBM Z and LinuxONE

is available today !
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Agenda

➢ Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Z and LinuxONE
➢ Planning for an environment on IBM z & LinuxONE
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Red Hat OpenShift V4 Installation Options On IBM Z and
LinuxONE
OPENSHIFT CONTAINER PLATFORM HOSTED OPENSHIFT

Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud *
Full Stack Automated (IPI) Pre-existing Infrastructure (UPI)
Deploy directly from the IBM Cloud
console. An IBM service, master nodes are
Simplified opinionated “Best Customer managed resources & managed by IBM Cloud engineers.
Practices” for cluster infrastructure provisioning
provisioning Azure Red Hat OpenShift **
Plug into existing DNS and
security boundaries Deploy directly from the Azure console. A
Fully automated installation and MSFT service, jointly managed by Red Hat
updates including host container and Microsoft Azure engineers.
OS.
OpenShift Dedicated **
Get a powerful cluster, fully

managed by Red Hat engineers and
support; a Red Hat service.
▸* Based on OCP v4.3 GA slated for March; public beta available now
▸** Entitlements of OCP obtained through a Cloud Pak purchase are not transferable to these environments
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Red Hat OpenShift (OCP) V4 on IBM Z and LinuxONE OpenShift cluster
➢ takes advantage of the underlying enterprise capabilities

➢ grow to thousands of Linux guests
➢ and millions of containers
➢ non-disruptively grow, vertical and horizontal scalability

➢ including advanced security
➢ confidential Cloud Computing,
z/VM 7.1
including FIPS 140-2 Level 4 certification
VSWITCH
These capabilities were highlighted with the recent LPAR
announcement of the IBM z15 and IBM LinuxONE III. OSA/ RoCE
Running Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Z and LinuxONE also
enables cloud native applications to easily integrate with
existing data and applications on these platforms, reducing
latency by avoiding network delays.
https://www.ibm.com/blogs/systems/get-ready-for-red-hat-openshift-on-ibm-z-and-linuxone/
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Red Hat OpenShift on LinuxONE or IBM Z collocated with z/OS
IBM LinuxONE IBM Z
OpenShift OpenShift z/OS

zCX
z/OSMF
transactional
services
Connect
z/OS
CICS
z/VM 7.1 z/VM 7.1

IMS
DB2
VSWITCH VSWITCH
LPAR LPAR LPAR
OSA/ RoCE OSA/ RoCE OSA
Red Hat OpenShift standalone Red Hat OpenShift collocated with z/OS 17
Poll
Which Red Hat OpenShift environment(s) would be most likely

implement in your enterprise?
(A) Red Hat OpenShift standalone
(B) Red Hat OpenShift collocated with z/OS
(C) Both
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Agenda

➢ Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Z and LinuxONE
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Minimum OCP cluster Nodes on IBM Z & LinuxONE with z/VM 7.1 (PoC)
The minimum system requirements for z/VM 7.1

an OCP cluster are:
➢ Hardware: OCP OCP OCP OCP OCP
• IBM z13 or later Master Master Master Worker Worker
• any IBM LinuxONE
• 1 LPAR, SMT2 with 3 IFLs,
+80GB RAM Master1 Master2 Master1 Worker1 Worker2
➢ Hypervisor 3 vCPU, 3 vCPU, 3 vCPU, 3 vCPU, 3 vCPU,
• z/VM Hypervisor 7.1 16 GB memory 16 GB memory 16 GB memory 8 GB memory 8 GB memory
• EAV Function ( HyperPAV recomm.)
➢ Networking options Hyper-PAV EAV –Ext. Address Vol.
VSWITCH for ECKD usage
• OSA, RoCE, z/VM VSWITCH for ECKD
• 1 Network interface avail. per Node
➢ Storage LPAR ( z13,+ / LinuxONE)
• OCP Master, 120 GB each 3IFLs + SMT2 OSA/ RoCE
• OCP Worker, 120 GB workload dep.
• NFS, 150 GB
NFS FCP/SCSI ECKD/DASD

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Additional Requirements to Build a OCP V4.3 cluster in z/VM
z/VM 7.1
Required
External OCP OCP OCP OCP
OCP
services For Master Master Master Worker Worker
installation
Load Balancer (temporary)
Master1 Master2 Master1 Worker1 Worker2

FTP / HTTP Bootstrap 3 vCPU, 3 vCPU, 3 vCPU, 3 vCPU,
3 vCPU,
(temporary) 16 GB memory 16 GB memory 16 GB memory 8 GB memory 8 GB memory
4 vCPU,
DNS 16 GB memory
CoreOS Hyper-PAV EAV –Ext. Address Vol.
VSWITCH
DHCP for ECKD for ECKD usage
NFS LPAR ( z13, … / LinuxONE)

3IFLs + SMT2
OSA/ RoCE
NFS FCP/SCSI ECKD/DASD

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All required Infrastructure components for OCP can be in z/VM guests
- Minimum 3 Master / Control Planes, the number of Worker Nodes can vary, min 2 Worker Nodes
z/VM 7.1
Load
Balancer OCP OCP OCP OCP
For OCP
FTP/HTTP Master Master Master Worker Worker
installation
DNS (temporary)
DHCP Bootstrap
Master1 Master2
(temporary Master1 Worker1 Worker2
NFS 3 vCPU, 3 vCPU, 3 vCPU, 3 vCPU, 3 vCPU,
for installation)
16 GB memory 16 GB memory 16 GB memory 8 GB memory 8 GB memory
Bastion 4 vCPU,
deployment srv 16 GB mem
Linux CoreOS Hyper-PAV
VSWITCH
EAV –Ext. Address Vol.
LPAR ( z13, … / LinuxONE)

3IFLs + SMT2
OSA/ RoCE
NFS FCP/SCSI DASD

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Major Operational Components and Storage options for OCP Nodes
Worker Nodes
3 Master Nodes
API ETCD Registry
API ETCD App 1 –rwm)
(PVC2 App 2 Router
App 1 App 2
Storage ETCD
API
Storage (PVC1) Storage
App 1 App 2
Storage
(PVC2+) (PVC3)
Storage
PV – Persistent Volume Storage
PV – Persistent Volumes
- Pods
FCP/SCSI ECKD/DASD
NFS
PVC-Persistant
Volume Claim Local volumes Shared Persistent Storage Local volumes
https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.3/storage/persistent_storage/persistent-storage-local.html 23
Major Operational Components and Persistent Storage options
Infrastructure
Worker Nodes Worker Nodes
3 Master Nodes
API ETCD Cluster App 1 App 2
API ETCD Router App 1 App 2
Monitor
Storage ETCD Registry Storage
API App 1 App 2
Storage (PVC1) (PVC2 –rwm) Storage
(PVC2+) (PVC3)
Storage Storage
PV – Persistent Volume PV – Persistent Volumes Storage
PV – Persistent Volumes
- Pods (rwm)
ECKD/DASD FCP/SCSI FCP/SCSI ECKD/DASD
PVC-Persistant NFS
Volume Claim
Local volumes Local volumes
Shared Persistent Storage
https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.3/storage/persistent_storage/persistent-storage-local.html 24
Red Hat OpenShift Infrastructure components on IBM Z and LinuxONE
OpenShift components that fall into the Infrastructure categorization include

do not require subscription:
• OpenShift control plane services ("masters")

• Router
• container image registry
• cluster metrics collection ("monitoring")
• cluster aggregated logging
• service brokers
➢ Any node running a container / pod / component not described above is

considered a ‘worker’ and must be covered by a subscription.
https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.3/machine_management/creating-infrastructure-machinesets.html 25
Network topology options for OCP with z/VM VSWITCH
- The OCP cluster requires external network communication
Load
Balancer OCP OCP OCP OCP OCP
For Master Master
FTP/HTTP Master Worker Worker
installation
(temporary)
DNS
DHCP Bootstrap Master1 Master2 Master1 Worker1 Worker2
(temporary 3 vCPU, 3 vCPU, 3 vCPU, 3 vCPU, 3 vCPU,
NFS for installation) 16 GB memory 16 GB memory 16 GB memory 8 GB memory 8 GB memory
CoreOS
Using z/VM Bastion server 4 vCPU,
VSWITCH Linux 16 GB mem
enables easier
extension with
VSWITCH
OCP Nodes z/VM 7.1
LPAR
OSA
Internet 26
access
Network topology options for OCP with direct OSA attachment
Load
For
installation
(temporary)
DNS
DHCP Bootstrap
(temporary
3 vCPU, 3 vCPU, 3 vCPU, 3 vCPU, 3 vCPU,
NFS for installation)
4 vCPU,
Using direct Bastion server 16 GB mem
attached OSA Linux CoreOS
to the Nodes
is a fast
communication z/VM 7.1
to outside
LPAR
OSA/ RoCE
Network topology options for OCP with z/VM VSWITCH & Hipersockets
Load
For
installation
(temporary)
DNS
DHCP Bootstrap
(temporary
3 vCPU, 3 vCPU, 3 vCPU, 3 vCPU, 3 vCPU,
NFS for installation)
4 vCPU,
Bastion server 16 GB mem
Using Linux CoreOS
Hipersockets
enables very fast
communication Hipersockets
z/VM 7.1 VSWITCH
in the cluster Bridge
LPAR
OSA Hipersockets (IQD)
Internet
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access
OCP on IBM Z & LinuxONE implementation topology planning
A) What is the Use Case OpenShift cluster 1. HW topology

• PoC environment • On one HW machine
• less resources • One cluster /
• Productive like env. 1LPAR (PoC)
• SLA based • multiple LPARs
• Multiple HW machines
B) What are SLAs • in same DC
• DevOps integration • across DC
• automation z/VM 7.1
• shared content VSWITCH
2. Deployment topology
• Transactional load • OCP Standalone
LPAR • collocated with z/OS
• performance OSA/ RoCE
• HA variants
• availability
• resiliency FCP/SCSI NFS ECKD/DASD
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Use Cases: Red Hat OpenShift cluster HA options
Distribute OCP nodes to different z/VM instances on one or more IBM Z / LinuxONE servers to achieve HA and avoid service outages
z/VM Isolation: EAL4+ LPAR Isolation: EAL5+
OCP OCP
OCP
Infra OCP
Master
OCP OCP OCP Master OCP
Node
Infra OCP OCP OCP
Master Node Worker Worker Master Worker Worker Master
Master1 Infra1 Master1

3 vCPU,
Master1 3 vCPU,
Infra1 Worker2 Worker1 3 vCPU,
16 GB mem. Master1 Worker2 Worker2 Master1
3 vCPU, 8
3 GB mem.y 3 vCPU,
vCPU, 3 vCPU, 16 GB mem.
3 vCPU, 3 vCPU, 3 vCPU, 3 vCPU,
16 GB mem. 8 GB mem.y 8 GB mem. 8 GB mem. 8 GB mem.
16 GB mem. 8 GB mem. 16 GB mem.
z/VM 7.1 z/VM 7.1 z/VM 7.1
VSWITCH VSWITCH VSWITCH
LPAR LACP LPAR LPAR
OSA/ RoCE OSA/ RoCE OSA/ RoCE OSA/ RoCE

Red Hat OpenShift colocation environment with z/OS
OCP collocation to z/OS OpenShift OpenShift z/OS
major use cases: zCX
z/OSMF
• Dynamic workload accesses
z/OS services transactional
services
Connect
• OCP logic access to DB2 z/OS
z/OS
• OCP uses z/OS Cloud Broker CICS
to access z/OS resources
z/VM 7.1 z/VM 7.1
IMS
• OCP Web environment with DB2
VSWITCH VB VSWITCH VB
z/OS transactional integration
LPAR LPAR LPAR
• OCP with Open Source OSA/ RoCE HS HS OSA/ RoCE OSA
technologies extends z/OS
• Batch workload executed Network options:

in OCP with z/OS data - Shared OSA
- Hipersockets (HS) with VSWITCH Bridge (VB)
IBM z/OS Cloud Broker
z/OS
• Connects z/OS services running on an IBM Z
backend to a frontend private cloud platform z/OS subsystems
(CICS/IMS/Db2 etc.)
providing self-service access and consumption
of these services to developers IBM z/OS
Cloud Broker
Provides self-service access to managed IBM Z resources to all flavors

of application developers
Centralization and automation of IBM Z operations to provide Z

resources to agencies or clients in their hybrid cloud Consumers
Improve time to value through efficiencies in development and

deployment
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https://www.ibm.com/support/z-content-solutions/cloud-broker/
Configuration summary for a cluster in
OpenShift Container Platform on IBM Z & LinuxONE
Operating System
Bootstrap and Master Nodes (Control Planes)
• A Linux for Bastion deployment server
• 4 vCPUs
• RHEL CoreOS only for Master and Bootstrap
• 16+ GB main memory
• RHEL CoreOS only for Worker Nodes
• 120GB disk storage
Persistent Storage / Persistent Volume (PV)
Worker Nodes (+ depending on workload)
• NFSv4 server with >100GB disk storage
• 2+ vCPUs (1+ IFLs with SMT2 enabled)
• 100GB for internal registry at minimum
• 8+GB main memory
Infrastructure Services (Pre-requisites)
• 120GB disk storage ( workload dependant)
• DHCP server or static IP addresses for OCP Nodes
Reference about OCP cluster limits
• DNS server (e.g. BIND, ExternalDNS, dnsmasq )
• https://docs.openshift.com/container-
platform/4.2/scalability_and_performance/planning- • Load balancer (e.g. IBM Datapower, F5, NGINX,
your-environment-according-to-object-limits.html HAProxy …)
• Internet connectivity, or AirGap install (new in OCP 4.3)
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Agenda

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IBM Software as Cloud Paks – Middleware anywhere
A faster, more secure way to move your core business applications to any cloud
through enterprise-ready containerized software solutions
Complete yet simple

IBM containerized software Application, data and AI services,
Packaged with Open Source components, fully modular and easy to consume
pre-integrated with the common operational services,
and secure by design
IBM certified
Full software stack support, and ongoing
security, compliance and version compatibility
Container platform
and operational services Run anywhere
Logging, monitoring, security, On-premises, on private and public clouds,
identity access management
and in pre-integrated systems

IBM Cloud Paks for Red Hat OpenShift
Integrated with IBM’s public cloud, leveraging RedHat OpenShift
Cloud Pak for Cloud Pak Cloud Pak for Cloud Pak for Cloud Pak for Cloud Pak for
Applications for Data Integration Automation Multicloud Security
Management
• Enterprise-proven managed Kubernetes service running 14k+ production clusters

• Most secure environment for containerized workloads with built-in container level security,
isolation, bare metal support, and broad industry compliance (PCI, HIPPA, etc.)
• Built in load balancing and multi-zone availability for simplified management and resiliency
IBM public cloud
• Cloud Paks are certified and optimized for On-Prem platforms and IBM’s public cloud for
accelerating moving your workloads to the cloud
36
Agenda

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OpenShift on IBM Z and LinuxONE OpenShift
Basic installation steps:

⚫ Prepare your z/VM environment ( User directories, storage, network )
⚫ Prepare the CoreOS Bootstrap (temporary ) server
⚫ Setup an FTP or HTTP server to serve installation files
⚫ Prepare the OCP pre-req. Services: DNS, NFS, Load Balancer, DHCP
⚫ Download OCP product code from cloud.redhat.com:
⚫ openshift-installer, RH CoreOS image
⚫ Run the openshift-installer to define and create ignition files for the OpenShift cluster
⚫ Save the ignition files on the FTP / HTTP server

z/VM 7.1
⚫ Copy kernel image, parmfile, coreos-installer image to your z/VM guests
⚫ Adjust the parmfile for the z/VM guest

VSWITCH
and specify the ignition file for the bootstrap, master, and worker nodes LPAR
⚫ Punch the installation files into the z/VM virtual readers
⚫ Boot (IPL from z/VM virtual reader) the CoreOS-installer

OSA/ RoCE
on each node, to install the bootstrap, master, and worker nodes
➢ Red Hat Installation documentation:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openshift_container_platform/4.3/html/installing_on_ibm_z/installing-on- ibm-z
➢ Step by step sample installations and environment setup
https://www.openshift.com/blog/installing-ocp-in-a-mainframe-z-series
https://www.openshift.com/blog/red-hat-openshift-installation-process-experiences-on-ibm-z-linuxone
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If you are new to OpenShift, Start here
https://learn.openshift.com/
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Where can you download OCP?
try.openshift.com OCP 4.3
cloud.redhat.com
GA 30. Apr.
2020
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More information
Get a free account on cloud.redhat.com
https://developer.redhat.com
Red Hat OCP portal

cloud.redhat.com
Install OCP on IBM Z

https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.2/installing/installing_ibm_z/installing-ibm-z.html
Learn OpenShift
https://learn.openshift.com
Ross Mauri's Blog

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/systems/red-hat-openshift-now-available-ibm-z-linuxone
IBM Systems Magazine Article
https://ibmsystemsmag.com/01/2020/cutting-edge-ibm-z-innovations
IDC Whitepaper
https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/linuxone/capabilities/linux-containers 42
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Q&A can be in English, Spanish, French and German

➢ What is Red Hat OpenShift

Services Advise Move Build Manage

Reference quotes from the analyst report

“OpenShift supports both public cloud

“Red Hat has great synergy across its

- An enterprise Kubernetes platform for container workloads

- Enables seamless Kubernetes deployments on any cloud

- Integrated and automated installation,

- Seamless platform and application updates

- Auto-scaling of resources and services

- Ability to run enterprise workloads with enterprise CI/CD services,

Worker 1 Worker 2 Worker 3

container1 container2 container1 container2 container1 container3

Container Pod Container Pod Container Pod

➢ Kubernetes orchestrates Containers; it is not running them

Differentiator: Toolset and components

Kubernetes Core Functions

container container container

Automated operations certified

Enterprise Linux CoreOS

IBM Systems TechU © Copyright IBM Corporation 2020

runtime) of OpenShift RHEL 7.6 1.13 1.4.4

• Red Hat replaced it with: RHEL 8.1 - 1.4.2

– podman (Docker client compatible CLI) Docker podman

16.04 LTS 18.09.7 -

Immutable container host based on RHEL 8

CoreOS is operated as part of the cluster with

Red Hat OpenShift v4.3 for IBM Z and LinuxONE

➢ What is Red Hat OpenShift

OPENSHIFT CONTAINER PLATFORM HOSTED OPENSHIFT

Get a powerful cluster, fully

➢ takes advantage of the underlying enterprise capabilities

➢ non-disruptively grow, vertical and horizontal scalability

OpenShift OpenShift z/OS

z/VM 7.1 z/VM 7.1

Which Red Hat OpenShift environment(s) would be most likely

(A) Red Hat OpenShift standalone

(B) Red Hat OpenShift collocated with z/OS

➢ What is Red Hat OpenShift

The minimum system requirements for z/VM 7.1

NFS FCP/SCSI ECKD/DASD

Master1 Master2 Master1 Worker1 Worker2

NFS LPAR ( z13, … / LinuxONE)

NFS FCP/SCSI ECKD/DASD

LPAR ( z13, … / LinuxONE)

NFS FCP/SCSI DASD

OpenShift components that fall into the Infrastructure categorization include

• OpenShift control plane services ("masters")

➢ Any node running a container / pod / component not described above is

A) What is the Use Case OpenShift cluster 1. HW topology

z/VM Isolation: EAL4+ LPAR Isolation: EAL5+

Master1 Infra1 Master1

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• Batch workload executed Network options:

Provides self-service access to managed IBM Z resources to all flavors

Centralization and automation of IBM Z operations to provide Z

Improve time to value through efficiencies in development and

➢ What is Red Hat OpenShift